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At 9:30am today (September 26), all businesses at Westwood Cross were evacuated due to a staff training exercise preparing for a bomb scare.
An alarm sounded for the duration of the practice and a “caution do not cross” tape was put up.
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All businesses reopened after the exercise, which lasted for 15 minutes.
Report Jemma Willson